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Comprehensive Strategies for Student Growth at Aldrin Elementary

Explore how Aldrin Elementary implements targeted strategies such as data analysis, interventions, and acceleration to drive student growth over time. Learn about grade-level teams, planning processes, and support staff integration to enhance student learning outcomes.

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Comprehensive Strategies for Student Growth at Aldrin Elementary

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  1. Buzz Aldrin Elementary School

  2. Ethnic Background at Aldrin

  3. Aldrin Demographics ELL

  4. Spring Proficiency Over Time 11 out of 22 New Classroom Teachers

  5. Student Growth Over Time 11 out of 22 New Classroom Teachers

  6. PLC Then and Now • Grade Level Teams had common plan time • Followed core series • Planning as a team was focused on pacing • Did not include support staff • Grade level teams have common plan time. • Support Staff (ELL, Coaches, SST) • Planning Common Language • Creating Common Assessments • Data Collection • Analyzed by only the classroom teacher • Utilized reports from NWEA • Reflected 3 times a year • Data Collection • Analyzed by whole PLC team • School-wide data collection • Small team data collection • Reflect weekly at Data days with PLC • Interventions • Literacy • Grouped only by MAP scores • Retaught what was missed the week before • Acceleration-formally Interventions • Math and Literacy • Utilize multiple data points • Aligned to current initial instruction • Support staff • Assigned to specific groups of kids • Pull-out • Support staff • Assigned to specific teams • Plan Time • Push-in/Co-Teach

  7. PlanningAligning the Core to Acceleration • PLC Teams plan • Tight: • ½ hour for Literacy • ½ hour for Math • ½ hour for Data Analysis for grouping purposes • Loose: • Social Studies, Science and Writing • Follow District Core Curriculum

  8. Data Wall – Running Records

  9. Data Wall – Math Common Assessments

  10. Grouping Students for Acceleration • Students below the 40th • 1:8 ratio • Students 40th and above • 1:12 ratio • Kindergarten is 1:6 ratio at most • Running Records for reading • Common assessments for math and reading • Curriculum Aligned • Push in model – 2 or 3 teachers per room

  11. Math Acceleration • ½ hour a day • 5-10 minutes of numeracy development • 15-20 minutes of shared math • 5 minutes cumulative review • 5 days a week

  12. Literacy Acceleration • ½ hour a day • 5-10 minutes of shared reading • 15-20 minutes of guided • 5 minutes of writing • Students complete a depth of knowledge exit slip • Students complete when not in guided • Teacher checks-in for the last 5 minutes • 5 days a week

  13. District Lesson Planning Template - Literacy

  14. Aldrin’s Lesson Planning Template 3/4 Multigrade

  15. Aldrin’sLesson Planning Template at Glance Kindergarten

  16. District Lesson Planning Template – Math

  17. Key Take Aways • Common Plan time • Time for staff to plan and look at data • Common language • Support staff focused on specific grade levels • Acceleration • Meeting the needs of ALL students • Always changing • Continuous reflection of teacher impact • Common vision • Put the needs of children first

  18. Questions

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